JAKARTA - Indonesia and China have a strategic position to encourage the multilateralism system, Foreign Minister Sugiono said Monday.
This was said by Foreign Minister Sugiono after with Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin a meeting with Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Defense Minister Dong Jun in Beijing, China.
"This dialogue is a strategic space to equalize steps, strengthen mutual trust and design new directions for Indonesia's cooperation", said Foreign Minister Sugiono, in a written statement from the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Monday, April 21.
In the context of the region and global, the ministers of the two countries highlighted the importance of encouraging the agenda of reforming the multilateralism system to be fairer, more representative and inclusive
The two Foreign Ministers and Defense emphasized their commitment to further strengthen coordination in various multilateral forums, such as ASEAN, BRICS, G20 and PBB.
"Indonesia and China have a strategic position to encourage a more equal multilateral system. We also need to ensure the global governance reform agenda that is in favor of the interests of the Global South state," said Foreign Minister Sugiono.
Marking 75 years of diplomatic relations in Jakarta-Beijing, Indonesia's 2+2 dialogue with China is the first 2+2 diameter Dialogue format owned by China with any partner country.
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"With CSD, we build a bilateral mechanism that is more comprehensive and more focused on answering the challenges and opportunities for bilateral cooperation, with a focus on five pillars of cooperation, namely the economy, inter-community, maritime, political and security relations," explained the Indonesian Foreign Minister.
In the 2+2, Indonesia and China meeting, Indonesia agreed to increase law enforcement cooperation, including mutual legal assistance, intelligence exchange, and operational coordination in tackling transnational crimes, cybercrime, and extremism.
As part of efforts to build strategic trust, the two countries also agreed to form a new bilateral consultation mechanism in the field of weapons reduction, non-proliferation and arms control.
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